Sinai2 Kings 4:30
World English Bible
The child’s mother said, “As Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you.”
So he arose, and followed her.
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2 Kings 4:30 in other translations
And the mother of the child said, As Jehovah liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And he arose, and followed her.
2 Kings 4:30 in context
- 28Then she said, “Did I ask you for a son, my lord? Didn’t I say, ‘Do not deceive me’?”
- 29Then he said to Gehazi, “Tuck your cloak into your belt, take my staff in your hand, and go your way. If you meet any man, don’t greet him; and if anyone greets you, don’t answer him again. Then lay my staff on the child’s face.”
- 30The child’s mother said, “As Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you.”
So he arose, and followed her. - 31Gehazi went ahead of them, and laid the staff on the child’s face; but there was no voice and no hearing. Therefore he returned to meet him, and told him, “The child has not awakened.”
- 32When Elisha had come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and lying on his bed.